Yep, my year plus drama at work with layoff, no layoff, new layoff, no layoff, etc. has finally officially ended for good. Today I sent in the papers that officially ended my tenure at the multi-national financial services company I have worked at for seven plus years. I’ll get seven months severance (not in one lump, it will be paid out as a continuation of my paycheck for seven months or until I get a new job, whichever comes first) to live on while I figure out what to do with the rest of my life.

And, of course, what I WANT to do is be a writer. So it’s time to start getting really serious about that.

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So here is some unsolicited advice from a retired headhunter – 1)your full time job should be finding a new paying position in your current field of expertise. 2) your part-time job should be finding out if you have what it takes to become a writer. 3) 7 months will go by faster than you can imagine, do not waste a single day.

I hear ya Tom. But today is my birthday and next Tuesday we are heading off on hoiday season travel and visitation of relatives, so it’s probably going to be after New Years before I really get moving on things.